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to teach religion and why you should care about you and. this is why you should watch only on all jihad god. deadly clashes in the gulf egypt caused by anti-government protests and an outcry over death sentences for twenty one people links to food bowl rioting last year. friendship troops retake a key northern town in mali in their battle to oust islamist insurgents as questions mount over the true motive of the ongoing intervention. and prime minister david cameron promises to let the british people vote on whether the u.k. should exit but only if his party wins the next election. the latest news and the week's top stories this is the week here on r.t. with me your leadership of our thanks for joining us kaye also spreading in egypt where the more deadly clashes and portside in cairo are at least thirty two people including two police officers and two footballers have been killed after crowds tried to storm a prison in the seaside city the riots followed death sentences given to twenty one people for their role in last year's football stad
to teach religion and why you should care about you and. this is why you should watch only on all jihad god. deadly clashes in the gulf egypt caused by anti-government protests and an outcry over death sentences for twenty one people links to food bowl rioting last year. friendship troops retake a key northern town in mali in their battle to oust islamist insurgents as questions mount over the true motive of the ongoing intervention. and prime minister david cameron promises to let the british...
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religion and politics should be mixed clearly and some. would use. religion to get the support of the people and once the are it be with in the very very differently from what the been promising and that's. one of the reasons of the anger you are seeing to the industry to egypt and americans want to insure and secure their interests in egypt right now the neither the united states nor morsi himself much say what's happening to the people of egypt who are back in the streets. of the city and. shifting gears now let's change our focus that of mali where french led troops are closing in on the key northern town of timbuktu a region infested there with al qaeda linked militants joined forces earlier regain control of gal and what was seen as their first major victory in the ongoing military operation and that his party barker reports the strong military presence in mali is being seen as a result of the french led intervention to oust colonel qaddafi in libya which have a very few wanted peace you wanted freedom you wanted economic progress france great b
religion and politics should be mixed clearly and some. would use. religion to get the support of the people and once the are it be with in the very very differently from what the been promising and that's. one of the reasons of the anger you are seeing to the industry to egypt and americans want to insure and secure their interests in egypt right now the neither the united states nor morsi himself much say what's happening to the people of egypt who are back in the streets. of the city and....
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i don't know anybody's religion in congress. >> going back to the constitution we have freedom of religion and freedom of choice. i think it's great that she has -- >> i agree with you. >> thank you. she has that voice so we won't have people wearing the bible on their arm because as true christians you're not supposed to judge anyway. >> what about this, though, how can you campaign at church which a lot of politicians like to campaign which you don't belong to one. >> i think a lot of politicians a lot of different dab -- she's not been outside that community. if i'm not -- i think she went to bring ham young. >> she did. for her under grad. >> the university, right. i don't think she -- she mentioned in the interview her family church community helped them. doesn't sound like she's anti-because she has -- >> you can send out message of inclusion of humanity instead of giving out a message of religion because i think religion sometimes becomes exclusionary to my -- where as this way she can actually present a much wider -- >> in same way that jew can go to christian church to give a mess
i don't know anybody's religion in congress. >> going back to the constitution we have freedom of religion and freedom of choice. i think it's great that she has -- >> i agree with you. >> thank you. she has that voice so we won't have people wearing the bible on their arm because as true christians you're not supposed to judge anyway. >> what about this, though, how can you campaign at church which a lot of politicians like to campaign which you don't belong to one....
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religion and politics should not be mixed clearly and that some nation would use islam and religion to get the support of the people and once they are in power be with in a very very differently from what the i've been promising and that's. one of the reasons of the anger you are seeing two in three to egypt. americans want to intrude and secure their interest in egypt but now their pictures and the reality has shown that actually muslim brotherhood does not have they were short of the support of the majority of people in egypt now there is only one quark the that actually will decide what's happening in egypt and the people of egypt neither the united states nor morsi himself have much say in what's happening to the people of egypt who are back in the streets. free of the regime today. egypt was one of the first states and there are while the u.s. was said to have devolved to democracy through a revolt president obama has sent out they highest ratings that has now witnessed a sharp drop in popularity it's seen as a sign that washington has failed to define a consistent policy in the r
religion and politics should not be mixed clearly and that some nation would use islam and religion to get the support of the people and once they are in power be with in a very very differently from what the i've been promising and that's. one of the reasons of the anger you are seeing two in three to egypt. americans want to intrude and secure their interest in egypt but now their pictures and the reality has shown that actually muslim brotherhood does not have they were short of the support...
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religion and politics should not be mixed clearly and some. would use. religion to get the support of the people and once we are viewed in a very very different view from what they have been promoting and that's. one of the reasons of their anger you are seeing to the industry to egypt. americans want to ensure and secure their interest in egypt but now their pictures and the reality has shown that actually muslim brotherhood does not have they were short of the support of the majority of people in egypt now there is only one quark he that actually will decide what's happening in egypt and that's the people of egypt neither the united states nor morsi himself much say what's happening to the people of egypt who are back in the streets. free of the regime today so egypt was one of the first states in the arab world the us are said to have towards democracy is very involved president obama had some of his highest ratings there but has now witnessed a sharp drop in popularity is seen as a sign that a washington has failed to define a consistent policy to na
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religion and politics should not be mixed clearly and that some patients would use. religion to get the support of the people and once the are the would act in a very very differently from what the have been promising and that's part of one of the reasons of their anger are you seeing to the industry to egypt. americans want from this community to ensure and secure their interest in egypt but now their pictures and the reality has shown that actually muslim brotherhood does not have they were short of the support of the majority of people in egypt now there is only one party that's actually will decide what's happening in egypt and that's the people of egypt neither the united states nor morsi himself much say in what's happening today the people of egypt who are back in the streets that. is why the fate of the regime today. it was one of the first states in the arab world america is said to have nots towards democracy through revolt president obama had some of his highest ratings there and has now seen one of his sharpest drops in popularity and it's seen as a sign
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indications of this in the last 48 hoursment and that is that the problem of the relationship between religion and state between those who are orthodox and trawl orthodox and those who are to a large extent secular, how to create a society in which you have common aims, common beliefs, and which people enjoy common rights. we have today a situation in israel which hundreds of thousands of israelis do not have a personal status in the country. >> rose: change in syria, israel and jordan when we continue. >> funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. >>> a polar bear cub is born with no sense of sight. we are a decisional funding provided by these funders. >> and by bloomberg a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. from our studios in new york city this is dharl charlie rose. >> the arab spring reached syria nearly two years ago when residents of a small southern city protested the government's tover ture of students. today those protests erupted into one of the post deadly civil yars in syrian history. over 400,000 refugees have fled the war-torn country,
indications of this in the last 48 hoursment and that is that the problem of the relationship between religion and state between those who are orthodox and trawl orthodox and those who are to a large extent secular, how to create a society in which you have common aims, common beliefs, and which people enjoy common rights. we have today a situation in israel which hundreds of thousands of israelis do not have a personal status in the country. >> rose: change in syria, israel and jordan...
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it does not talk about sex or religion or sex. continues talking about egyptians as persons. so that is of thing. >> you want to say something. >> yes. [speaking arabic] >> translator: i believe that it must be -- they must be aware of something. now, after the revolution the west wanted to deal with arab regimes that were similar to his own regime, similar to his own situation. they thought that the situation would be similar to what they had in the west. however, the people and the arab world don't want that. they want respect for their own facilities. they have their own conditions in their own contexts. what we want as our people? we know what women who wear the veil to remove the veil. we will -- don't want women who don't wear the veil to wear the veil. we want everyone to be free and not force anyone to do anything. of course all we are witnessing this movement transformation in our society, and we have some people whom might force their wives or they're daughters to wear or remove the veil. however, this is not the opinion of the mainstream of the population of our co
it does not talk about sex or religion or sex. continues talking about egyptians as persons. so that is of thing. >> you want to say something. >> yes. [speaking arabic] >> translator: i believe that it must be -- they must be aware of something. now, after the revolution the west wanted to deal with arab regimes that were similar to his own regime, similar to his own situation. they thought that the situation would be similar to what they had in the west. however, the people...
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my belief is every religion has an origin story. i never focused too much on that. i find the structure of the church interesting though. is there any other church that you know of that is structured like it in terms of paying to kind of move up through the hierarchy of the church. >> nothing like that comes to mind. it's very expensive. if you want to climb -- if you walk into the door of scientology today and you go all of the way to the top of the pyramid, half a million dollars or more just for -- you get the course work but then you're continually asked for money. >> the church is very upset about the book. they say mr. wright showed the church he has no interest in the facts only lies and exaggerations being fed to him by angry, bitter sources with agendas based on hatred and revenge. the result is a biassed work. >> i want to just say about that disclaimer from the church. first of all, you can only talk to the people that will talk to you. i asked repeatedly to talk to upper level executives and the opportunity was foreclosed to me. i spoke to more than 250
my belief is every religion has an origin story. i never focused too much on that. i find the structure of the church interesting though. is there any other church that you know of that is structured like it in terms of paying to kind of move up through the hierarchy of the church. >> nothing like that comes to mind. it's very expensive. if you want to climb -- if you walk into the door of scientology today and you go all of the way to the top of the pyramid, half a million dollars or...
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be able to work with each other a respect of our religious divides and the problem is that when the religion is used as a tool the it can have ramifications that extend well beyond the confines of all the communities so that's where the problem lies so daniel we should decide the quality of democracies are settled i don't characterize a billion people go ahead daniel respond go ahead please if i did i don't characterize a billion people but if you were call my first point is that we're fighting. with some muslims against other muslims are plenty of muslims who don't want islam islam and we are sometimes helping them as a mali and sometimes we're working against them but i am not characterizing a billion people i'm saying there are many divisions in the muslim world and i think we should help the modern secular muslims because they are the people see the world like we do we won't always win we want they won't always win but we should help them they're the people that we have a philosophical and moral and practical connection to. i'm not characterizing what i'm saying that we should use our in
be able to work with each other a respect of our religious divides and the problem is that when the religion is used as a tool the it can have ramifications that extend well beyond the confines of all the communities so that's where the problem lies so daniel we should decide the quality of democracies are settled i don't characterize a billion people go ahead daniel respond go ahead please if i did i don't characterize a billion people but if you were call my first point is that we're...
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that she is a cheap dandy organic always using the book that you see in the past five years teaching religion the suspension policy because i think at the end of the gate if it was in south korea normalize relations in and begin to have a good economic exchange and if your career would become more and more here and after you can you hope to get this direction it should take on its call on this to thank you very much indeed for your time and. underscores there's much more for you coming later this hour right here on i'll see the roommate her answer is rose in the meantime yahoo claims victory in the parliamentary elections but they closed the result means top coalition talks lie ahead. as thousands charges in venezuela and his health problems sparked concerns for political stability in just a couple of minutes we'll speak exclusively with the finest president who says there's no need to predict that sounded much more after a short break. please and really we're really was i. should. have. news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the stree
that she is a cheap dandy organic always using the book that you see in the past five years teaching religion the suspension policy because i think at the end of the gate if it was in south korea normalize relations in and begin to have a good economic exchange and if your career would become more and more here and after you can you hope to get this direction it should take on its call on this to thank you very much indeed for your time and. underscores there's much more for you coming later...
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the guy who is devoting a life to family and religion. golden boy of sports. he will be a first round draft pick and get multimillion dollar deal and hopefully a real girlfriend. i think he will be forgiven. >> eric: real girlfriend. >> kimberly: well, this wasn't a real girlfriend. >> eric: i got you. bob? >> bob: i find it amazing how crushed his world was that his girlfriend died who he never met. number one. number two, what would you do, katie? i don't nope, maybe tell the truth. but that is assuming that you believe him. that he learned two days before december 6. i said from the beginning and i'll say it now, his father was worse by the way. he said i have known the i go 21 years of his life. that is his whole life, dad. he is your son. but the fact of the matter is that this guy was setting himself up for the heisman trophy and going to be a close vote. that's why he went along with the deal. >> eric: i'm not sure we set it up properly. what he did is say i found out sometime between december and january when they had the national championship game and
the guy who is devoting a life to family and religion. golden boy of sports. he will be a first round draft pick and get multimillion dollar deal and hopefully a real girlfriend. i think he will be forgiven. >> eric: real girlfriend. >> kimberly: well, this wasn't a real girlfriend. >> eric: i got you. bob? >> bob: i find it amazing how crushed his world was that his girlfriend died who he never met. number one. number two, what would you do, katie? i don't nope, maybe...
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doesn't give a darn about anything mission to teach religion and why you should care about human to. dish is why you should care what you only. more violent andress in egypt as the opposition rejects calls from the president for national dialogue and cairo approves a law that allows the army to arrest civilians. and despite the growing term all u.s. president barack obama heels egypt and libya are success stories for american foreign policy this in an interview where he also praise outgoing secretary of state hillary clinton for helping him out with a review changes. plus later reports from behind where doctors say they face us a brutal treatment as the anti-government protesters they're trying to save. twenty four hours a day seven days a week this is our duty i'm to bang with say egypt's opposition has refused to attend talks called for by the president to try and stop the ongoing turmoil that's gripping the country meanwhile the government has pushed through a law giving the army the power all the rest our correspondent bill truth has the latest from cairo. the violence has escala
doesn't give a darn about anything mission to teach religion and why you should care about human to. dish is why you should care what you only. more violent andress in egypt as the opposition rejects calls from the president for national dialogue and cairo approves a law that allows the army to arrest civilians. and despite the growing term all u.s. president barack obama heels egypt and libya are success stories for american foreign policy this in an interview where he also praise outgoing...
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the others were allowed to control matters of religion and birth and marriage and it was thought by ben gurren that these people who were already small in number and fairly isolated would eventually play themselves out. the early secular zionists thought the ultra-orttext would kind of die out. ey didn't. they have lots of babies and their families grow and grow, and, "therefore, their proportion is larger. they don't serve in the military. they get enormous subsidies so that their kids can just study and not entertain mainstream of society. and main stream israeli society-- not just secular society-- is tired of that. they're tired of footing the bill. they're tired of seeing their kids serve in the military and not their kids. and yair lapid exemplifies it. >> rose: dennis, weigh in now having listened to both of them, and you've spent as much time as anybody i know representing the united states in the region. >> i agree with pretty much both what david and port said. let me just add a couple of point, one picking up on the last theme of sharing the burden. you you know, there is a j
the others were allowed to control matters of religion and birth and marriage and it was thought by ben gurren that these people who were already small in number and fairly isolated would eventually play themselves out. the early secular zionists thought the ultra-orttext would kind of die out. ey didn't. they have lots of babies and their families grow and grow, and, "therefore, their proportion is larger. they don't serve in the military. they get enormous subsidies so that their kids...
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religion and politics should be mixed clearly and some. would use. religion to get the support of the people and once we are at war be with in a very very different view from what the been promising and that's. one of the reasons of the anger you are seeing to the industry to egypt and americans who want to insure and secure their interests in egypt right now neither the united states nor morsi himself much say in what's happening to the people of egypt who are back in the streets. of the city and. i let on attention out of out of mali where french led troops have retaken the key town of it's their first major advance in an effort to drive out the al qaeda linked militants from the country's north and the joint contingent carried out airstrikes and also took control of the airport and a bridge over the river as artie's maria for national now reports french intervention could be aimed at securing vast amounts of natural resources in the west african nation. the french have died headlining today military operation in mali but the discussion is still on
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suddenly between the jewish religion, not just israel, the jewish population worldwide. i believe you put a very big t. on this. i admire everything you said, but i believe one of the worst stress push yourself, any one of us if we're ahead of what they did to iran. this is the right and affected the other repaired, is fragile in my opinion. i know iran. i know the whole royal family. i traveled with the empress. i believe everything you said is right. i want a quick question. i don't want to distribute. what about the islamic republic. what'll happen there? that's very key. they're going to give relations to israel, under the table relations. what is your opinion? >> trust is a very difficult issue. we argued in the book at the well-known antidote to trust his transparency. i think for many americans, this issue comes squarely focused on the nuclear issue today that with this lack of trust we can't possibly trust whatever the iranians may or may not say or do with the iaea, international monetary mechanism. for many americans, they're never going to trust the republic i
suddenly between the jewish religion, not just israel, the jewish population worldwide. i believe you put a very big t. on this. i admire everything you said, but i believe one of the worst stress push yourself, any one of us if we're ahead of what they did to iran. this is the right and affected the other repaired, is fragile in my opinion. i know iran. i know the whole royal family. i traveled with the empress. i believe everything you said is right. i want a quick question. i don't want to...
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religion and politics should not be mixed clearly and some. would use islam and religion to get the support of the people and once the are in the would in a very very differently from what the have been promising us bark to one of the reasons of their anger you are seeing to the industry to egypt and americans want some risk ability to insure and secure their interests in egypt but now the leader of the united states nor morsi himself much say and what's happening today the people of egypt who are back in the street. or the regime elsewhere in africa the french intervention force is continuing its advance in mali helping of the local unelected government to beat back islamic militants several french allies including britain and the u.s. are also providing support for the military offensive but some experts warn the campaign most of to recolonize the african country as me if notion of reports from pears. the french have died had known today a military operation in mali but the discussion is still ongoing as to exactly why the western nation has
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regardless of the religion and whether it would allow him to be intimate with her or not. let me play one of the voice mails and let our viewers judge. this is the woman -- the person -- let me use the right word, that manti was speaking to. here is one of the exchanges. >> your e-mail just got here, and i'm getting ready for my first session, and i just want to call and keep you posted. i miss you and i love you, bye. >> that could be a girl. it wasn't. >> absolutely. listen, i'm still not sure it's not by the way. the whole thing seems so bizarre. but the bizarre and scary question, what motivated the guy pulling off the hoax to do this? why? why did he do this and sustain this? the people who do this catfishing behaviors are isolated, socially awkward, have no identities. these guys are football players. manti had another girlfriend after this woman died. >> there has to be something more there is what you are saying? >> so much more. you have to ask yourself. i'm glad you asked the coach what this means as a player. would you as an nfl team take on the liability of a g
regardless of the religion and whether it would allow him to be intimate with her or not. let me play one of the voice mails and let our viewers judge. this is the woman -- the person -- let me use the right word, that manti was speaking to. here is one of the exchanges. >> your e-mail just got here, and i'm getting ready for my first session, and i just want to call and keep you posted. i miss you and i love you, bye. >> that could be a girl. it wasn't. >> absolutely. listen,...
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and they cling to guns or religion. >> rowland, should the democrats heed president clinton's advice on the gun issue? >> i think what the key for democrats to do is, again, to be sensible when it comes to guns. you have seen democrats who are strong nra supporters say, we should do something. and that's what the real key here is. the problem is when it becomes, you either do something, and the opposition says, no, you do nothing. there has to be some kind of middle ground. so what some democrats are saying is, look, we've got to be able to appeal to them. but it's not just folks in the south also, erin. you have democrats in minnesota, wisconsin, maine, new york that have all gotten "a" ratings from the nra. >> fair point. >> so it's a very delicate issue here. i just can't believe it has to be one or the other. you can do something. >> thanks to both. >>> still to come, a new super bacteria has been discovered and one compares to it a terrorist attack. dr. oz is outfront. >>> and the naacp join the fight against the soda ban. >>> and later, mark zuckerberg hosts a political fund-ra
and they cling to guns or religion. >> rowland, should the democrats heed president clinton's advice on the gun issue? >> i think what the key for democrats to do is, again, to be sensible when it comes to guns. you have seen democrats who are strong nra supporters say, we should do something. and that's what the real key here is. the problem is when it becomes, you either do something, and the opposition says, no, you do nothing. there has to be some kind of middle ground. so what...
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. >> changing the mindset for us is about utilizing religion to highlight the at and it is where we incorporate face leaders. >> others question how officers will reasonably be able to make a distinction between arranged marriages and forced once. >> arranged marriage is one based on joyce and consent. at the other end of the continuum, you got forced marriage based on coercion and the rest. it is the gray area in between that will be a challenge for prosecutors and law-enforcement agencies to captor. >> the real power lies in the hands of children who some honey to find the strength to say no to the authority figures in their lives. >> in the third part of our series of women around the world, we will take to the afghan capital word gender violence remains a problem despite a 2009 protection law. we will follow one woman's quest for justice after daughter was killed by her husband. she says the murder could have been prevented if the police had done their job. it has been another day of chaos in europe as heavy snow disrupts transport across the region. 40% of flights were canceled in paris. t
. >> changing the mindset for us is about utilizing religion to highlight the at and it is where we incorporate face leaders. >> others question how officers will reasonably be able to make a distinction between arranged marriages and forced once. >> arranged marriage is one based on joyce and consent. at the other end of the continuum, you got forced marriage based on coercion and the rest. it is the gray area in between that will be a challenge for prosecutors and...
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they insist the constitution favors the muslim brotherhood and the religion on which is based. the opposition will have an opportunity in another election happening within a matter of months. the demonstrators are making it clear they are not satisfied with the way the country is transforming. they are not convinced the government is acting in their interests. at the same time, they cannot deny there has been an ongoing democratic process in which the bulk of the people who have voted have voted for the government in power. those opposed will have an opportunity and if you most about the polls again and try and get the government they want in power. >> thank you so much for updating us on the protest. let's bring in a few more pictures and sights and sounds from tahrir square. that is the nerve center of the revolution that overthrew the former dictator. it is different now. egyptian society has had quite a few democratic protests. some are protests in the new government formed after the revolution. an airplane carrying japanese survivors and bodies of some killed last week ret
they insist the constitution favors the muslim brotherhood and the religion on which is based. the opposition will have an opportunity in another election happening within a matter of months. the demonstrators are making it clear they are not satisfied with the way the country is transforming. they are not convinced the government is acting in their interests. at the same time, they cannot deny there has been an ongoing democratic process in which the bulk of the people who have voted have...
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so why would you choose scientology, perhaps the most stigmatized religion in this country? >> what do you think it does for people? that's the thing i sort of can't get to the bottom of. what does it give people? >> at the beginning level, when you go in and get auditing, which is their form of therapy, a lot of people feel like they are helped. in fact, that's what draws people in. they ask, what is ruining your life? what is your ruin? and if you say, well, it's my relationship or my profession or something, they say we have something that can help you. and sometimes that's true. >> and is recruiting celebrities, going -- they have this celebrity center in hollywood. was that a conscious effort by the church, and is that for pr reasons? >> oh, absolutely. these are product endorsements. but the church of scientology was created in los angeles. the celebrity center in hollywood, all of it with the design to take over the entertainment industry. you know, there were people that they were actively recruiting. they were always looking for that exemplary figure that could repr
so why would you choose scientology, perhaps the most stigmatized religion in this country? >> what do you think it does for people? that's the thing i sort of can't get to the bottom of. what does it give people? >> at the beginning level, when you go in and get auditing, which is their form of therapy, a lot of people feel like they are helped. in fact, that's what draws people in. they ask, what is ruining your life? what is your ruin? and if you say, well, it's my relationship...
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we have privatized religion to such a great extent here. some of us may be obsessed about this issue. we talk about freedom and religious freedom and conscience -- my sense is most of america has no idea what we are talking about. i think we have different senses of what freedom is. maybe freedom means increased access to contraception. how do we get a common vocabulary again? >> that is a great question. on the freedom of conscience and religious liberty, that was about a year ago as well, i think the left really feared that percolating. that is why they turned into an argument about contraception. i have to out-fear your fear. i have to out-liberty your liberty. if we start each sentence with a question -- is it fair that the government, and then fill in the blank with anything you want. tells you you can't worship your god. else you that you can't send your kid to a better school. is it fair that the government tells you that you can't run that business? basically, it is what they do without saying it. i think that should be a common lan
we have privatized religion to such a great extent here. some of us may be obsessed about this issue. we talk about freedom and religious freedom and conscience -- my sense is most of america has no idea what we are talking about. i think we have different senses of what freedom is. maybe freedom means increased access to contraception. how do we get a common vocabulary again? >> that is a great question. on the freedom of conscience and religious liberty, that was about a year ago as...